let’s get free: leaving evil corp once and for all
If you’ve spoken to me in the past several months, one of the things you probably heard about was my desire to leave my company, who shall be called Evil Corp from here on out. Depending on how comfortable I was revealing various info, I might’ve even told you the company’s real name or (more likely) some of its various policing, security, and surveillance related projects. Some public examples include: purchasing Israeli cyber security firms, plans to implement a worldwide biometrics identification system with the World Bank, and establishing multiple fusion centers around the world.
Over the past year, I saw more and more security/policing/surveillance related items being taken on by Evil Corp and they were proud of it. Loved it. Professed how much safer we’d all be because of this work. Except I don’t feel safer living under a police state, whether it’s administered by the state or a massive corporation contracting with the state. So, I stopped telling people where I worked. I actually felt a sense of shame in the pit of my stomach, even though realistically I know I needed the paycheck until I found something else. When I did tell people where I worked, I made sure to talk about my discomfort with the Minority Report tactics the company was taking. At least others knew that way.
But yesterday, I GOT TO LEAVE EVIL CORP. I found another position two weeks ago and immediately gave notice.
I feel incredibly grateful to have an opportunity outside of Evil Corp. And to them and their war machine building, I say good riddance.